Product Requirement Engineer - BA CEDO

Hello, it’s Christoffer again!
We’re looking for another Product Requirement Engineer to join our amazing engineering team at Business Area Cooking, Eating, Decoration and Home Organisation.
This time we need someone with a solid engineering background from studies and/or work life experience as well as a big interest in product development.
Job Description
As a Product Requirement Engineer you should be able to translate customer’s wishes into technical requirements. You will be responsible to identify and develop product requirements that will make Ikea products loved by our customer and sellable on all our markets.
As Product Requirement Engineer you will work in the product development team as the requirement expert. You will also create strong relationship with Requirement specialist department as well as engineers from purchasing organization to secure understanding of the product requirements and successful implementation. You will have good knowledge in the IKEA specifications, product development requirements, production knowledge, standards and test methods relevant for the product areas you are responsible for.
In this assignment your main responsibilities will be:
Develop product requirements for sustainable, cost efficient, safe and functional products
Create product documentation
Develop durability and functional tests that resembles real life usage over the lifetime of the product
Responsible to communicate technical requirements/test methods to stakeholders e.g. product development team, engineers from Purchasing Organisation and Test labs
Responsible to identify applicable requirement and develop customer-based requirements

Qualifications
You probably have a University Degree in engineering and a couple of years of experience from working with product development and/or creating and documenting product requirements.
In the product requirement engineering field, you are regarded as experienced with the ability to lead yourself, take great responsibility and drive initiatives from start to finish.
You have good analytical skills and high ability to coordinate, lead and inspire others.
You have a passion for sharing knowledge and the ability to explain complex matters in an easy way.
You are good at creating your own network and at working in teams and making things happen by involving and engaging people.
You also know how to apply agile development methods and you are experienced and motivated to work in a rapidly changing environment.

What you can expect
You will get trust and support from leaders and colleagues and there will be high expectations on you to perform and develop yourself and the business. You will be part of a team with smart and caring people that are very proud of what we do and also love to have a lot of fun!
Additional information
IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA stores with home furnishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduces 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.
In BA CEDO we are a group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing and making the impossible possible. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “To create a better everyday life for the many people”
The position is located in Älmhult, Sweden. Älmhult has commuting possibilities with hourly trains to Malmö, Lund and Växjö and an IKEA shuttle bus back and forth to Helsingborg three times a day.
We have identified a preferred candidate for this position.
If you have any questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Recruiter Katie Pettersson on +46 702 99 42 48.